International

The MU International Office is the first point of contact for international students applying for full-degree, Erasmus, Study Abroad, and Summer School programmes, and supports MU students who wish to study abroad.

The Doctorate in Higher and Adult Education (DHAE) brings together practitioners with substantial experience in the design, implementation and delivery in higher and adult education contexts.

The programme supports education practitioners to develop research capacities that critically reflect on their professional practices within an education context which promotes transformation, critical thinking and democracy. Successful applicants will have an interest in exploring innovative and critical education practice, often in challenging learning environments and policy contexts.

In this course, the collective nature of participants’ engagement is a central element. By working together, exchanging ideas and supporting each other, students form learning communities. The course pillars of transformation, democracy and collaboration inform this process and are also central to the research agenda of the doctorate.

DACE has a long track record in supporting postgraduate research programmes:

Research interests include current educational issues and challenges in higher, further, adult, and community in Ireland and globally. Research topics include critical analysis of the policy and practice-based knowledge and experiences of educators and learners in the adult and higher education sectors in Ireland and internationally. A list of previous research projects by doctoral students in the Department of Adult and Community Education is available at: http://eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie/view/ethesisdivisions/dept=5Fadu.html

This is a 3.5 year programme, comprising of 8 modules. Workshops are offered one day per week on 12 dates annually during years 1 and 2. Students work independently with their supervisor(s) during the reminder of the programme, meeting on 3-4 occasions annually during the final year and half of the programme.

The following information should be forwarded to PAC, 1 Courthouse Square, Galway or uploaded to your online application form:

Certified copies of all official transcripts of results for all non-Maynooth University qualifications listed MUST accompany the application. Failure to do so will delay your application being processed. Non-Maynooth University students are asked to provide two academic references and a copy of birth certificate or valid passport.